New England forced a three-and-out on Denver’s opening possession and found itself with a short field when Britton Colquitt’s punt traveled only 25 yards to the Broncos’ 47.
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The weather seemed to be on the side of the Broncos as Brady couldn’t find the rhythm that he so often does when leading the NFL’s highest scoring offense. I really hope they learned from that and have been spending this week preparing instead of celebrating.
The fans here are fickle…Everyone remembers the great start under Josh McDaniels and the quarterback then was Kyle Orton.
He threw passes knowing full well he was about to get hit for a defender. This overtime thriller was a hell of a game, and Osweiler enjoyed every minute of it.
PREDICTION: Brock Osweiler is creating waves, and a quarterback debate, but it’s the Denver defense that wreaks the most havoc in abusing San Diego’s inferior offensive line and pressuring QB Philip Rivers into mistakes to pull away late. “I’m doing what Coach Kubiak asked me to do, is to try to get healthy”. With this new found reputation around the league, it was a coach that shared a sideline with him in 2014 that ultimately vouched for his signing in Denver. “I didn’t know anything about that”, Kubiak said.
Although most of their points and yardage came after the Jets had put the game well out of reach, wide receiver Jarvis Landry continues to shine in an otherwise stagnant offense, hauling in 13 balls for 165 yards and a touchdown. Much like the Broncos, the 49ers had an elite defense and combined with their new faith in their back-up quarterback, the team would go on to meet the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl that year.
Flowers has been active for just one game this season, while for Richards he’s inactive for the first time all season. At the very least, most expected the Patriots to score a field goal. They share an agent, and both had the same offensive coordinator in college: UCLA’s Noel Mazzone, who tutored Rivers at North Carolina State and Osweiler at ASU.
Sitting at his locker to take the weight off his injured left foot, Manning said during a nine-minute interview that his focus isn’t on his future or who starts at quarterback for the Broncos (9-2). Calm, cool, and collected, Osweiler drove his team down the field. The Pats scored on the first play of the fourth quarter to go up 21-7 when running back Branden Bolden caught a pass from Brady and took it 63 yards to the end zone.
“Brock has always had a lot of confidence and against the complex defenses, he handled that brilliantly”, added Bennett.
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Broncos have won three straight against Chargers, including in playoffs in 2013 season, and six of seven….
The Patriots are still the AFC’s top team in the standings, and there’s no reason to believe this team can’t go all the way and repeat.
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With five weeks remaining anything could still happen.
